![]() On learning of the error and the English meaning of burn, they decided to stick with the original BURNY brand name. In addition, the SG copy included the vibro-tremolo unit.Īs an interesting side note, the Burny name was supposed to be Bunny (as in rabbits) but was misspelled. it was unique that most Japanese manufacturers were using bolt-on neck bodies but BURNY was very good at set-neck construction for upper class. Burny brand was used for these Gibson replicas. The early catalogs featured TV, SG and Firebird replica. So you could feel the weight more compare with other replica. ![]() That's why early Fernandes body is bonded wood! The weak point of this wood was really heavy weight. After bowling booming at early 70's, many bowling alley were bankrupted. The body was made by the silver heart wood which was used at many bowling alley. The hardware size was metric instead of fractional. Also, the quality was much better than earlier GRECO, (Matsumoku era) MORRIS, Guyatone and others.įST (Strat) and FTE (Tele) were early time line-up with Fernandes Logo on the head. ![]() The price was 1/3-1/4 of original guitars. Fernandes line is replica of Fender, Burny was replica of Gibson line. They made 2 brands such as Fernandes and Burny. Shiino conducted early time Fernandes Guitar. Hidesato Shiino to support the Fernandes electric guitars line in the early 1970’s. Katsumi Omote (He was a staff of Fernandes, transferring employee, conducted Kawai manufacturing, He was a guitar player but knew much knowledge of electric guitars already.) I'm not sure but Mr. Originally selling the flamenco guitars, the company expanded production over the years to include different acoustic models, electric guitars, bass guitars, amplifiers and accessories and is today one of the most famous Japanese guitar Manufacturers. The company was founded in 1969 and registered as Fernandes in 1972. Not sure of its accuracy, but interesting read.įernandes (and Burny) were brand names of Saito Musical Instruments had. Interesting Fernandes history from .jp site (link below). Just wanting to put together a collection of Fernandes Strats, and look at build quality and try to sort out which ones are definitely Tokai built.
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